George Bethune English
A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar
A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar
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“I would here observe that what is called the Second Cataract is properly a succession of partial falls and swift rapids for more than a hundred miles before we arrived at Succoot.”
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A rare firsthand account of the 1820–1821 expedition from the Second Cataract through Dongola toward Sennar, written by the American artillery officer George Bethune English. His journal records Nile navigation, cataracts, camps, military logistics, settlements, ruins and encounters along a route that reshaped nineteenth-century Sudan.
This Nile Book Store edition includes:
the complete English text; a clean reflowable EPUB with linked contents and footnotes; the complete public-domain LibriVox audiobook read by R. S. Steinberg; and a new contemporary cover.
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Opening excerpt read by R. S. Steinberg. The complete 4:04:02 audiobook is included with purchase.
Historical context: This 1822 account reflects the terminology and assumptions of its period and includes descriptions of warfare, enslavement, ethnicity, religion and colonial expansion that modern readers may find objectionable. It is presented unabridged for historical and research value.
Format: EPUB + MP3 audiobook ZIP · English · Instant digital download
Author: George Bethune English · First published: 1822
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